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“Max Karpov has produced a cleverly conceived thriller that … captures perfectly the mentality of Vladimir Putin’s Russia … And, on top of it, the book is near impossible to put down. A must read.” – Michael Morell, Former Acting Director and Deputy Director, CIA

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Welcome to the website for Max Karpov, author of THE CHILDREN’S GAME, the Amazon bestselling thriller novel about Russian cyber warfare, fake news, and modern espionage. THE CHILDREN’S GAME takes readers into the dark corners of Vladimir Putin’s Russia and its clandestine “children’s game” – a strategy to destabilize Western democracies by exploiting existing cultural divides.